スクールゾーン ”school zone”, I think.
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I visited Japan in November 2011 for the exclusive purpose of urban exploration on Hashima Island. The island, completely abandoned since 1974, sits in the southwest coast of Japan in the East China Sea. Only a few people have been able to access the island for the purposes of urban exploration photography. We were fortunate to be the only people to ever get 8 hours of uninterrupted access to the island.
“Hashima Island, commonly called Gunkanjima or Gunkanshima (軍艦島; meaning Battleship Island), is one among 505 uninhabited islands in the Nagasaki Prefecture about 15 kilometers from Nagasaki itself.
The island was populated from 1887 to 1974 as a coal mining facility. The island’s most notable features are the abandoned concrete buildings and the sea wall surrounding it.” ~wikipedia
There are twice daily trips from Nagasaki to Hashima, though the tours don’t stray far from the jetty.
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畏然 / revere by blackstation on Flickr.
A beautiful wood sculpture of a temple and its reflection by Takahiro Iwasaki (via)
It makes me think of a Japanese traditional-styled space station. Am I weird?
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